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noun
any native species of rose, usually having a single flower with the corolla consisting of one circle of five roundish, spreading petals.
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Origin of wild rose
First recorded in 1775–85
Words nearby wild rose
wild passionflower,
wild pitch,
wild potato,
wild pumpkin,
wild rice,
wild rose,
wild rosemary,
wild rubber,
wild rye,
wild sarsaparilla,
wild senna Dictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use wild rose in a sentence
Rose hipsEven in the winter, there’s something sweet about wild roses.
He has wild swings between trying not to care about Lana and the baby, and being completely obsessed by it.
The sound of birds, quail, even doe, make a wild grid of noise.
He first rose to prominence as a lawyer in Queens, who settled a boiling racial dispute over public housing in Forest Hills.
Lady Rose is also rather subdued in the premiere, which is a pity.
The seemingly endless ranks snapped to attention on command and thousands of white gloves rose in salute.
Bits of paper blew aimlessly about, wafted by a little, feverish breeze, which rose in spasms and died away.
The women at once rose and began to shake out their draperies and relax their muscles.
We all rose to our feet, and he shook hands with everybody without waiting to be introduced.
A sob rose in her throat, and broke from her lips transformed into a trembling, sharp, glad cry.
"I hope you don't think I speak always to strangers, like that," said the girl in the rose hat.
British Dictionary definitions for wild rose
noun
any of numerous roses, such as the dogrose and sweetbrier, that grow wild and have flowers with only one whorl of petals
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